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Original Title: | Five on a Treasure Island |
ISBN: | 0340796146 (ISBN13: 9780340796146) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | The Famous Five #1, Fünf Freunde Hörspiele #20 |
Characters: | George Kirrin (Famous Five), Dick Kirrin, Timmy, Tinker, Anne (Famous Five), Julian (Famous Five) |
Setting: | United Kingdom |

Enid Blyton
Paperback | Pages: 256 pages Rating: 4.1 | 23289 Users | 974 Reviews
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Title | : | Five on a Treasure Island (The Famous Five #1) |
Author | : | Enid Blyton |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 256 pages |
Published | : | June 14th 2001 by Hodder (first published 1942) |
Categories | : | Childrens. Fiction. Adventure. Mystery. Classics |
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The very first Famous Five adventure, featuring Julian, Dick, Anne, not forgetting tomboy George and her beloved dog, Timmy! There's a shipwreck off Kirrin Island! But where is the treasure? The Famous Five are on the trail - looking for clues - but they're not alone! Someone else has got the same idea. Time is running out for the Famous Five, who will follow the clues and get to the treasure first?Rating Regarding Books Five on a Treasure Island (The Famous Five #1)
Ratings: 4.1 From 23289 Users | 974 ReviewsAppraise Regarding Books Five on a Treasure Island (The Famous Five #1)
Loved the famous five books when I was a child my children and Grandchildren loved them too.Still have my Enid blyton club badge somewhere. How's that for nostalgia.Recommended.Ah, the Famous Five! Talk about your blasts from the past. I haven't read these books since my age was still in single digits.Re-reading them as an adult, their appeal is their innocence and the joy of recalling how I used to think my friends and I could have adventures just like the Famous Five! This book brought a big smile to my face.There's another level of enjoyment to be had reading this book as an adult with a twisted sense of humour, as hardly a page goes by without some kind of
This is one that lured me into the reading world. I still remember it like yesterday; it was during my 4th grade summer vacations. I was down with high fever and was crying for days for missing out on my yearly trip.So to pacify my tantrums , i was gifted this book. Ah! the mysterious world of Julian, Anne, Dick and my favorite George made me forget my pain and i ended up reading the whole series volume in that summer. Thanks Enid! for bringing me to a world of limitless imagination.

I found a lovely 10-volume box of Famous Five books in a charity shop, and had to take it with me. Growing up, I picked up Dutch copies on flea markets I visited with my parents. It's been interesting reading these again after so many years. There's plenty to find to object to: the books are very much a product of their time, with the limitations that entails. Normative comments abound in terms of acceptable behaviour and gender roles. But if you want you can find some wiggle room, as well,
I read the whole series (all 21 books) when I was about 13; those were the first books I read in English. I loved them, both the stories, the mystery and the writing. I liked the relationships (that was the time when I dearly wished I had siblings), the companionship and the good old picnicks in the woods/fields :)Looking back, I don't quite agree with the view of girls/women presented. Still, at that time, while feeling most kinship with Anne and being drawn to Georgina, it didn't matter to me.
I dont know how to apply a star rating to a series of books that encouraged a generation of readers to read ALL the books in a series and then branch out into increasingly complex Series and stand alone books. My reading career began with the Noddy series. Scratch almost any author writing in English, and Enid Blyton (and very probably The Famous Five will be there). On that alone it earns a five.But read the stories and you find template based plots, stereotypical characters, racism, sexism and
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